CHAPTER 76: 076 QUESTIONING_1

As soon as Chen Shaoning posted this message, it immediately caused an uproar. The A-Level competition was significant; at least, the stir it caused was much greater than during Wen Jiang’s time in B-Level.

His fans were instantly furious.

"What? Our Shaoning was replaced?"

"Who? Who’s so bold?"

Of course, many people also mocked Chen Shaoning.

[Dying of laughter here! You got in through the back door yourself, and you still got squeezed out? Is your uncle not influential enough?]

Of course, the onlookers’ enthusiasm for mockery didn’t prevent them from digging into the identity of the person involved.

Once the Mount Flower official website was updated, Wen Jiang’s name was now prominently displayed in the first team, replacing Chen Shaoning.

And even the position was changed.

Substitute - Wen Jiang.

Instantly, the fans knew who the replacement was. They didn’t care about the reason and rushed to Wen Jiang’s account to curse her.

The haters, too, found their angle.

[Shameless creature! You demean others. She parachuted directly into a substitute position, while you were supposed to take a substitute position yourself but proved too incompetent for such a significant responsibility. You even forced the girl Shi Qi into a substitute position!]

Of course, more people noticed something remarkable.

[Damn, wasn’t Wen Jiang in B-Level before? How did she suddenly become a member of an A-Level team?]

[Damn, Wen Jiang leveled up? She just participated in the Dongzhou Partition tournament! I was waiting for her to shine in the international league, and she leveled up just like that?]

[Awesome! She was the B Level Group champion just half a month ago. Half a month later, she leveled up to A-Level and directly became a member of the Mount Flower A-Level first team. Absolutely brilliant!]

[Such strong talent... She managed to parachute in directly even after leveling up!]

The gap between players within A-Level could be even greater. Leveling up didn’t necessarily mean one could immediately be on par with their peers. Some A-Level individuals were freakish enough to control three Spirit Cards. Upon reaching S Rank, this disparity would grow even further.

[Parachuted in directly? Does that mean she bypassed the tests and just cut in line?]

[What gives her the right? Even if Chen Shaoning is useless, he had to follow the rules. How can she circumvent the substitute players and squeeze directly into the first team?]

[Seeing this incident, I have a subtle feeling. Remember her treatment in B-Level? Parachuted in directly, and you all saw what followed...]

[I still say the same thing, trust Mount Flower!]

[Given Wen Jiang’s strength in B-Level, I’m willing to believe in her. But shouldn’t she be playing solo matches? What’s this about her joining team matches now?]

[You all seem to know this Wen Jiang so well. But who is Wen Jiang? She’s a parachuter, exactly the type of person with connections that you all hate the most! Yet, there are so many supporters in the comments?]

Many people didn’t understand Wen Jiang at all.

Wen Jiang had previously shone in the B Level Group. However, for many viewers who only followed higher-level competitions, Wen Jiang was only moderately famous, and many didn’t know her.

Even if her performance in the B Level Group was phenomenal, the difference in A-Level was obvious to all. Most were skeptical about where Wen Jiang’s confidence to continue parachuting in came from.

This matter wasn’t as easy to handle as it was in B-Level. Not only did Chen Shaoning feel something was off, but there were also disturbances within the A-Rank Group.

Of course, the news hadn’t reached Wen Jiang yet. Many people were unaware she had been promoted to A-Level. She had been working on the Jade Rabbit Pestle Medicine card at home, so her emergence was like a bombshell.

An Fuxue was the first to call, her voice filled with shock. "You’re A-Level now? You actually made it to A-Level?"

Wen Jiang cleaned her ear, which felt numb even through the phone from An Fuxue’s shouting. "What’s wrong? Is this so surprising?"

An Fuxue was speechless. She choked. Of course, it was!

An Fuxue’s voice carried an intentionally whiny tone. "The gap between people is even greater than between people and pigs! You get promoted after one competition, and here I am, stuck in B-Level, not knowing if I’ll ever get promoted in this lifetime."

Wen Jiang coughed. "You shouldn’t belittle yourself like that. My promotion was also a coincidence."

"I was saying we’d meet in the international league, but you ascended first," An Fuxue said, her envy palpable. "What does it feel like to be promoted to A-Level?"

"It’s just like that. No different from B-Level."

An Fuxue was speechless again. If she didn’t know Wen Jiang’s personality, she would definitely think Wen Jiang was deliberately showing off.

However, being an easy-going person who had friends promoted to higher ranks, An Fuxue wasn’t prone to jealousy. Mostly, she was curious. "Did you go directly to the Mount Flower A-Level first team? You really parachuted in?"

"Yeah." Wen Jiang felt there was nothing to hide. "Tang Qian saw potential in me, so she let me take Chen Shaoning’s spot. He was too useless to hold onto his position."

Hearing Wen Jiang blatantly diss Chen Shaoning, An Fuxue suddenly whispered conspiratorially, "Do you know who his uncle is? Li Xinlu, the renowned A-Level Card Maker. I heard it was because Li Xinlu gave Mount Flower a new card set that Chen Shaoning got into the A-team. Now that Chen Shaoning has been kicked out, doesn’t that mean Mount Flower’s new card set is hopeless?"

It seemed An Fuxue had some inside connections to know such confidential matters.

Of course, Chen Shaoning simply wasn’t skilled enough. The news of Mount Flower’s collaboration with Li Xinlu had emerged just before he joined Mount Flower, making the nature of their deal obvious.

Wen Jiang said, "It shouldn’t be a problem. Since the coach dared to let me join the team, it means the issue has been resolved."

"That’s true."

While An Fuxue was gossiping with Wen Jiang, Tang Qian was being questioned by a superior on her end.

Since the big boss had directly approved the decision, others had no right to question it. This left the superior little choice but to vent his frustrations on Tang Qian regarding the matter.

"Have you lost your mind? Do you realize how difficult it was for us to secure a collaboration with Li Xinlu? Are you jeopardizing the association’s future for your own selfish desires?"

Hearing his scolding, Tang Qian remained unfazed. "What selfish desires? My decision to use Wen Jiang was approved by the Chairman. If you’re unhappy, go talk to the Chairman."

"You—!" The man wouldn’t have come to yell at Tang Qian if he dared approach the Chairman. "For an inconsequential Spirit Card Master, you’ve offended our future hope for cards! Have you lost your mind?"

"Hope?" Tang Qian narrowed her eyes and sneered. "Is our hope truly reliant on a single A-Level Card Maker?"

"Tang Qian, don’t think that just because you’ve been with the Mount Flower Association for a long time, you have the right to meddle in these affairs! Setting other things aside, even if we let Chen Shaoning go, when you pick a replacement, why not choose from the A-Level reserves? You brought in a parachuter! If any problems arise, you’ll be the one primarily responsible!"

Tang Qian had heard all this before and didn’t care. No matter how passive-aggressively the superior berated her for over ten minutes, she eventually left the office.

Outside the office, a player who saw her emerge lowered his head, his gaze flickering, not daring to meet hers. That was one of her A-Level players.